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Queen Victoria (figure)
MARKK
Hamburg, Germany
Such figures of Queen Victoria were modelled on portrait pictures of the monarch. They belong to the “Colon Figures” which were produced in many sub-Saharan regions of Africa. They were indended to represent colonial agents.
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Details
- Title: Queen Victoria (figure)
- Type: Sculpture
- Publisher: Museum of Ethnology Hamburg
- Rights: Museum of Ethnology Hamburg | Photo: Brigitte Saal
- External Link: Homepage Museum für Völkerkunde Hamburg
- Medium: wood
- on display: not on display
- Date of Acquisition: 1904
- Context of Origin: Liberia, West Africa
- Collection: Coll. Bornhorst
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